I was looking at one of our roses yesterday and discovered a flower spider (Thomisadae) hiding in a rose. These maintain an anchor line but don’t spin a web to capture prey as other spiders do. It lurks between the petals and attacks whatever shows up. Often bees.

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Retired, living in SW Florida and spending my time at nature photography in my local area.
I volunteer with a couple of local organizations to help my adopted home town.
Travelling is now by airplane and car instead of a sailboat but happy anyway.